# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 14.2

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/14.2

τὸν μὲν οὖν καιρὸν τοῦ ῥητοῦ τούτου εὑρήσει καὶ γνώσεται, ὅτι ἀεὶ ὢν ὁ κύριος ὕστερον ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ τῶν αἰώνων γέγονεν ἄνθρωπος, καὶ υἱὸς ὢν τοῦ θεοῦ γέγονε καὶ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου. τὴν δὲ χρείαν νοήσειεν, ὅτι τὸν ἡμῶν θάνατον καταργῆσαι θέλων ἔλαβεν ἑαυτῷ σῶμα ἐκ τῆς παρθένου Μαρίας, ἵνα τοῦτο προσενέγκας θυσίαν ὑπὲρ πάντων τῷ πατρὶ ἀπαλλάξῃ πάντας ἡμᾶς, ὅσοι φόβῳ θανάτου διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν ἔνοχοι ἦμεν δουλείας. τὸ δὲ πρόσωπον τοῦ μὲν σωτῆρός ἐστι, τότε δὲ λέγεται, ὅτε λοιπὸν λαβὼν τὸ σῶμα λέγει· κύριος ἔκτισέ με ἀρχὴν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ.

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Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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